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Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

Hertfordshire based agency Ashtons has acquired an independent agency operating in the same county, Aitchisons Residential. Aitchisons’ offices in St Albans and...

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

LSL Property Services is to set up a mortgage brokerage called Pivotal Growth. The new brokerage - set up with Pollen Street...

The land and new homes division of Sequence has signed a deal to offer fully-funded part exchange and home buying services...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

Chancellors today opens its 56th and newest branch with what it calls its most generous ever offer to potential customers. The office...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

A London agency has opened its second office in the south of the capital. Kalmars’ new branch is on the historic Old...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

epropservices - parent company of The Guild and Fine & Country - has made another significant PropTech acquisition, its second in three...

Connells Group, which is of course acquiring Countrywide, has announced it's snapped up another agency - albeit a much smaller one. It...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

Connells Group says it is the UK's largest estate agency group by market share - and that's before the Countrywide acquisition...

We’re now well into the third national lockdown and as the nation’s thoughts start to focus on how and when we’ll...

A new body which says it will “champion better outcomes for buyers” is described as independent but is to be chaired...

The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...

The Prime Minister this afternoon stated that lockdown will remain in effect until early March at the earliest. He told the House...

Zoopla's latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31.  And the portal says: “The...

Free-to-list portal One Dome has launched a dedicated New Homes section - in line with the longer-established paid-for portals - and...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

A scathing document produced by MPs slams the government for its “deplorable” housing policies which are "invented, abandoned and reinvented" -...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

Zoopla has added over 1,000 branches since lockdown began in March, taking total membership of offices and new homes to a...

Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has resisted changing any property taxes in the short term, but has used his Spending Review statement to...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

Zoopla is the first UK property company to launch advertising on Pinterest, the lifestyle picture-centric social media platform. A statement from Zoopla...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors review of sales and rentals, often amongst the most pessimistic of analyses, says Covid 19...

A former London estate agency owner and finalist on The Apprentice says he’s now returning to the sector to sell new-builds. Jamie...

Aspire, the six-branch south west London agency, has dropped its previous franchise structure and reverted to being owned outright by its...

High end agents usually keep their powder dry when it comes to party politics, to avoid upsetting customers. However Knight Frank has...

Let’s be honest: things are getting just a little tougher aren’t they?  We’re delighted to say that the spirit of the industry...

There’s to be a new Marsh & Parsons office in London as the LSL-owned brand expands its network to Acton in...

OnTheMarket’s latest trading update shows a significant rise in revenue but agency branch membership numbers stalling. Revenue was up 28 per cent...

The agency leading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has returned all of its offices and brands to Zoopla. The Acorn Group,...

Two independent agencies in London have joined forces to form a 'full circle' service for developers, promising to transform the property...

The green light for a vacant office building in the capital to be redeveloped into residential housing has been given after...

NAEA Propertymark has written a letter to Housing Minister Christopher Pincher, asking what measures the government is taking to get more...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

OnTheMarket has signed up one of the country’s biggest house builders, Taylor Wimpey. The builder - which has 24 offices and covers...

A buying agency targeting what it calls the “prime and super-prime” London market is offering clients not only a sourcing service, but also...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...

The agency affiliation group Relocation Agent Network is linking with HBB Solutions, a part exchange and ‘guaranteed purchase’ operator.  HBB says a...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...

Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...

Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

Hunters has launched two additional franchise branches in Tower Bridge, London and Middleton, North Manchester, taking the company total to over...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

Buyer demand for new-build property has bounced back 66 per cent in the six weeks since the resumption of the housing...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

Rightmove has contacted all member agents saying it has enhanced its automated online viewing feature first introduced in April. As part of...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

Cushman & Wakefield has pulled out of direct sales of homes in the UK. The firm has closed its UK new homes department...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

Although few expect virtual viewings to continue their popularity now that lockdown restrictions have been eased, there’s news this morning that...

A Labour council in London has come out against the government’s plan to offer 30 per cent discounts to first time...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

There’s going to be a 35 per cent drop in the number of new homes delivered this year because of the...

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...

The controversial Help To Buy scheme looks likely to be expanded in breadth and extended in duration to help kick-start the...

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

OnTheMarket has signed auto another new homes builder, Miller Homes. "Miller Homes is the latest large homebuilder to join OnTheMarket and we look forward to introducing the...

Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...

Sales in February grew, for the third consecutive month, according to the latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Housing minister Christopher Pincher, who has been in the role for less than a month, has revealed that his home is...

The government has launched a competition to attract what it calls “the best and brightest talents of the housing industry” to...

Rightmove has released another stonking set of results - but there are signs that some agents are defecting from the ever-more-expensive...

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

The government has - once again - announced the introduction of a New Homes Ombudsman.  The news came yesterday when Housing Secretary...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

Estate agency Chestertons has named the new chief operating officer for the roll out of its UK and Europe franchising operation. Some...

A new homes portal says that in the past year it’s seen a rise of 82 per cent in website visitors and...

The HomeOwners Alliance, a leading property consumer group, has now suggested it has some concerns about the government’s First Homes scheme. This...

One of the leading consumer groups has backed the government’s controversial First Homes policy, which aims to give 30 per cent...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...

New home registrations in the UK have risen over 80 per cent in the last decade, according to the NHBC. From 2010...

An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has...

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

OnTheMarket has signed up another big-name house builder to list on its portal. Bellway, which is the UK’s fourth largest house builder...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

The new government has announced that its first Budget is to be held on Wednesday March 11 - and it’s giving...

Chancellors Estate Agents is next month opening its newest branch in Swindon - the first time the company has operated in...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

Agents who join the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents will have full access to the new Homesearch mine of data. Homesearch debuted...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

The legendary Mayfair estate agency Wetherell is linking with London’s Dexters chain in a new partnership. Wetherell, run by high profile chief...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...

Well there’s little doubt that after this week’s weather winter is well on the way - the perfect time for fund-raising...

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

It’s not-so-unlucky 13 for national property consultancy Bruton Knowles which has opened its 13th office in the country. The new office is...

A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...

Housing Minister Esther McVey has launched an expert advisory council that the government says is “dedicated to the digital transformation of...

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

The number of new mortgages approved by banks fell to a six-month low in September - but the annual figure shows...

New figures released this morning by the National House Building Council show the number of new homes registered to be built...

Independent family-run agency Kalmars, which currently has just one office in the capital, has revealed the first of four new branches...

Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent.  This will allow CPO...

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...

Consumer demand for new build homes has dropped to a six-year low, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The organisation's House...

A high proportion of over-65s would consider moving to a bungalow and believe more properties should be designed exclusively for older...

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - your Monday roundup of all the latest employment news from the industry. If you have...

Savills, Knight Frank, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL are the main estate agencies now working with a review website allowing buyers...

The price premium paid by purchasers for a freehold property rather than a leasehold is at its highest for eight years. An...

Around one person in seven in England are living in unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable accommodation. The claim comes from the research produced...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

It’s bizarre but true (apparently). London’s golf courses could provide the land for homes that could house a million people. An interesting...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

Barratt Developments’ three consumer brands - Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes and Barratt London - are the first developers to list...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

The number of new property listings in the UK fell by a whopping 13.2 per cent in August according to online...

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...

Knight Frank has expanded its residential London network with the addition of a new South Bank office. While many agencies have shut...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

The number of new homes registered to be built in the UK during July was nine per cent lower than a...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

The National Association of Estate Agents has told the government that it wants one single Ombudsman to provide redress across all...

The Housing Secretary says he wants to make home ownership more affordable for first time buyers - which could mean discounts...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

Savills, once a safe bet for year-on-year growth, has seen its underlying UK residential profits plunge 44 per cent with economic...

A leading figure in urban design is urging new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stand up for the pioneering space standards...

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

Two of the highest profile independent estate agencies in the north of England have merged following a spectacular acquisition. Linley & Simpson...

All new-build homes could soon be fitted with an electric car charging point. The government has issued a consultation on the move,...

The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...

Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...

Jamie Lester, the London estate agent who starred in The Apprentice almost a decade ago, has set up a property industry...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...

The latest report commissioned by the Labour party to resolve the UK’s housing problems would crash the housing market rather than...

The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

South west regional agency Luscombe Maye has amended an advertisement for a new housing development following a complaint to a watchdog. A...

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...

A volume house builder is launching a TV advertising campaign claiming its properties are a “premium alternative” to second hand homes...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

In a surprising announcement overnight, housing minister Kit Malthouse says he is standing to become the Conservative party leader and next...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

Jackson-Stops has launched a new branch in mid-Sussex, expanding the estate agency’s national network to over 45 offices.  The Mid-Sussex branch will...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

First time buyers purchasing new homes using the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme paid on average 12 per cent...

Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...

Agents appear to be speaking with one voice in response to the latest house price index, saying that once Brexit is...

The government has revealed that it’s to ‘test’ the workings of the New Homes Ombudsman before the scheme formally launches. Housing Secretary...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...

A survey of owners has revealed that recent leasehold scandals have deterred many would-be buyers from considering new build homes.  The survey,...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

Rightmove has this morning given its 2018 report to shareholders, laying bare the huge financial wealth of the company which dominates...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

OnTheMarket says one of its key aims for 2019 is to match Rightmove’s product offer to agents. “We’re looking to match Rightmove’s...

The dust may have settled on the government’s recent announcement regarding housing and property complaints, but opinion is still split on...

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your Monday update on jobs and key moves across the industry. Everyone mentioned here has...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

  The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have thrown their weight behind the government’s latest...

The government has this morning set out wide-ranging changes to redress systems for agents, the sales and lettings sectors, and other...

A think tank is suggesting that micro-homes could be the answer to London’s shortage of available homes for first time buyers. The...

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

A leading buying agent says 2019 is likely to see the continuation of last year’s trend where distressed sellers accept discounts...

The housing minister has made it clear that his government - and the property industry as a whole - must deliver...

The government says it will be releasing details of its ideas to revamp redress systems concerning agents and new homes “in...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

Savills has snapped up an independent London estate agency in what is likely to be one of the last deals of...

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...

Property analysts say ‘flippers’ - those who buy new homes and sell them quickly, hopefully for a profit - are losing...

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - the last one in November. Career moves tend to slow this time...

Every cloud has a silver lining, and a high end prime central London estate agent appears to have found one from...

London estate agency JOHNS&CO, which specialises in new homes, has opened its seventh office in the capital - the announcement came...

A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...

Hello and welcome to a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today, your weekly insight into the key moves within our industry. Everyone...

One of London’s best known estate agencies marks its 25th anniversary this month, having started with just two branches in one...

A service which describes itself as an alternative to part exchange has been launched to facilitate sales to ‘corporate property buyers’. It’s...

London agency Stirling Ackroyd has announced its third acquisition in the course of a year. It’s only 15 months ago that Stirling...

Is Help To Buy going to remain in existence for much longer? Question marks over the scheme’s future are being raised through...

The vast majority of new-build houses are to be sold as freehold with ground rents for new leases capped at £10...

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

The government, which only recently said there would be one Ombudsman covering the entire housing sector, has announced that there is...

We’ve all heard the comments - the countryside is being covered in concrete, new houses are springing up everywhere, our green...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, the latest weekly catch-up with moves within and across our industry. A quick...

The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...

Tili does all the work to deliver a smooth home move for customers and income for agents. An innovative and easy to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up on the major moves in the agency industry over...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

The Property Ombudsman has urged the government to bring the new homes build sector under consumer redress. New builds are not currently...

Oakwood Homes, a four-branch sales and lettings agency operating across East Kent, has acquired Parkland Estates, a single-branch firm based in...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...

One of the property industry’s best known figures, Richard Berridge, has teamed up with estate agency My London Home to lead...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

Former housing minister Dominic Raab, who yesterday left his post after just six months in office, may have had a lucky...

A senior agent says an innovative business model allows him to work in prime central London - even though he lives in France.  Former...

Some of Britain’s top property experts say bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling number of smaller builders are the main...

The government says its funding schemes such as Help To Buy will no longer be applied to what it calls “unjustified...

In what is regarded as his most important speech since becoming housing minister, Dominic Raab has told a conference that it...

High-end housebuilder Berkeley Homes says “macro and political uncertainty, including Brexit” is leading to some developers previously building in London to...

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...

James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...

An insider in a senior position in Humberts says the weekend announcement that it was in talks with proposed administrators to...

Hybrid agency Emoov is now offering a tailored sales package aimed at attracting developers listing and selling new homes. Rather than paying...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular Monday look at key moves inside our industry. Everyone mentioned here...

Barclays is next week launching a so-called ‘green mortgage’ which links the loan to the Energy Performance Certificate rating of the...

For part two of the 'Day in the life of' series, I spoke to Peter Kavanagh, who first joined Romans in...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...

  Chancellor Phillip Hammond claims over 60,000 first time buyers have already benefitted from the stamp duty relief he announced at his...

Ombudsman Services, which recently announced it was quitting its role as one of three approved redress schemes for estate and lettings...